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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:47:56 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120314/02471518099/thinking-copyright-as-property-is-as-natural-as-thinking-smells-as-property.shtml#c440
"The judge resolved the matter by ordering the student to pass the money he had in one hand to his other and ruling that the price of the smell of food is the sound of money."

A drawing of a spider may also suffice!]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120309/13371418054/dont-get-sopad-is-new-mantra-capitol-hill.shtml#c506
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:45:32 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120309/13371418054/dont-get-sopad-is-new-mantra-capitol-hill.shtml#c506
If you are an American voter, help them out:

251. http://www.piedmont-digital-graphics.com/]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120214/17425817763/sony-says-raising-prices-whitney-houston-music-was-mistake.shtml#c228
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:51:05 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120214/17425817763/sony-says-raising-prices-whitney-houston-music-was-mistake.shtml#c228https://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20120208/23505717705/people-rushing-to-give-hundreds-thousands-dollars-just-hours-brand-new-adventure-game.shtml#c82
Thu, 9 Feb 2012 02:56:29 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20120208/23505717705/people-rushing-to-give-hundreds-thousands-dollars-just-hours-brand-new-adventure-game.shtml#c82http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-07-doublefine-tim-and-markus-are-talking-about-psychonauts-2]]>Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120208/04122017699/evidence-shows-that-megaupload-shutdown-had-no-real-impact-infringement.shtml#c916
Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:56:02 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120208/04122017699/evidence-shows-that-megaupload-shutdown-had-no-real-impact-infringement.shtml#c916
Ah, that's where things started going wrong!]]>Re: Re: Bitch Boyshttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120201/01064917617/beach-boys-go-after-artist-who-dared-to-paint-works-inspired-beach-boy-songs.shtml#c478
Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:15:09 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120201/01064917617/beach-boys-go-after-artist-who-dared-to-paint-works-inspired-beach-boy-songs.shtml#c478
That doesn't justify Parks's reaction, of course (I think he's being a prick), but at least there may be legal grounds for it.]]>Bitch Boyshttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120201/01064917617/beach-boys-go-after-artist-who-dared-to-paint-works-inspired-beach-boy-songs.shtml#c51
Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:38:32 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120201/01064917617/beach-boys-go-after-artist-who-dared-to-paint-works-inspired-beach-boy-songs.shtml#c51this is what his art looks like, apparently: he wrote the songs' lyrics on a piece of canvas using trippy colours...]]>Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120129/17272817580/sky-is-rising-entertainment-industry-is-large-growing-not-shrinking.shtml#c370
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:45:50 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120129/17272817580/sky-is-rising-entertainment-industry-is-large-growing-not-shrinking.shtml#c370Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/04252717523/senator-leahy-hands-republicans-gift-giving-them-credit-delaying-vote-pipasopa.shtml#c738
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:02:53 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/04252717523/senator-leahy-hands-republicans-gift-giving-them-credit-delaying-vote-pipasopa.shtml#c738
What I'm saying is that the data shows that only one of the main originators of subprime loans was subject to that regulation, while the rest were exempt but did it of their own accord.]]>Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/04252717523/senator-leahy-hands-republicans-gift-giving-them-credit-delaying-vote-pipasopa.shtml#c625
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:54:25 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/04252717523/senator-leahy-hands-republicans-gift-giving-them-credit-delaying-vote-pipasopa.shtml#c625
There are LOTS of NGOs that do WAY better than their federal counterparts at doing almost everything, they just dont get funding because 'the government already does that'."

What's the point of taking jobs out of the government if your goal is not to increase efficiency (ie., "doing it way better" like you say)? Newsflash: increasing efficiency means doing the same thing with fewer jobs. What's more, many (if not most) government jobs exist to keep the government's own bureaucracy running.

"Using starvation as an attack Libertarianism is a straw man argument of the worst variety."

It's not a strawman, you just have no counterargument because it's true: if there are no safety nets, some unlucky people WILL make mistakes and end up in absolute poverty. There is no way to dispute that.]]>Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/04252717523/senator-leahy-hands-republicans-gift-giving-them-credit-delaying-vote-pipasopa.shtml#c597
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:37:48 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/04252717523/senator-leahy-hands-republicans-gift-giving-them-credit-delaying-vote-pipasopa.shtml#c597almost entirely from banks that were NOT subject to those regulations. The problem was lack of regulation, plain and simple. Fact:

Subprime Lenders were (Primarily) Private: Only one of the top 25 subprime lenders in 2006 was directly subject to the housing laws overseen by either Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or the Community Reinvestment Act.

The Community Reinvestment Act is the law you say "forced" the banks to make subprime loans.

Source: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/11/charts-facts-economic-crisis/]]>Re: Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/04252717523/senator-leahy-hands-republicans-gift-giving-them-credit-delaying-vote-pipasopa.shtml#c500
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:52:59 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/04252717523/senator-leahy-hands-republicans-gift-giving-them-credit-delaying-vote-pipasopa.shtml#c500
I'd definitely be surprised. If you reduce the size of government, will the sacked government workers not need new jobs? Tell me, where will those come from? And also, by reducing those people's purchasing power, you are effectively cutting jobs in other areas. The overall result would be even more unemployment.

"I think you'd be surprised how easy it would be to get an education - a whole education, not a McEducation - without the DOE."

It's a matter of supply and demand. If your libertarian fantasy-land were to happen and there was a "truly free jobs market", then the supply of educated people would strive to meet the demand. No more and no less.

The DOE was giving loans so more people could get complete educations than there was demand -- in other words, cutting it would make it harder to get an education.

"The think one of the things people miss about the libertarian philosophy is how spectacularly motivating it is to be without so many safety nets."

People starving in the streets would be very motivating indeed, huh?]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/04252717523/senator-leahy-hands-republicans-gift-giving-them-credit-delaying-vote-pipasopa.shtml#c25
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:22:29 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/04252717523/senator-leahy-hands-republicans-gift-giving-them-credit-delaying-vote-pipasopa.shtml#c25
If the discussions I've been seeing all over the internet are in any way representative of the bigger picture, many younger Americans are completely fed up with the Donkey vs Elephant politics.

(Google translate from Swedish)]]>Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120120/16335917495/dhs-love-childs-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c107
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:58:58 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120120/16335917495/dhs-love-childs-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c107Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120120/16335917495/dhs-love-childs-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c101
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:57:35 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120120/16335917495/dhs-love-childs-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c101
The War on Drugs, the War on Terrorism, the War on Piracy all have something in common: they can't be won, but they can still turn a country into a police state.]]>Re: Congratulations Freetards, You've Let The Copyterrorists Winhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120120/16442117496/clay-shirky-why-sopas-not-going-away.shtml#c441
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:13:22 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120120/16442117496/clay-shirky-why-sopas-not-going-away.shtml#c441
You, sir, win two internets.]]>Re: Re: Re: time to put a stop to thishttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120119/13052817473/doj-gives-its-opinion-sopa-unilaterally-shutting-down-foreign-rogue-site-megaupload-without-sopapipa.shtml#c750
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:14:12 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120119/13052817473/doj-gives-its-opinion-sopa-unilaterally-shutting-down-foreign-rogue-site-megaupload-without-sopapipa.shtml#c750